Steering booster device
AssigneeMannesmann VDO AG
InventorsArthur Schäfert, Gerald Scharf
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Abstract
In a steering booster device, a torque-sensor shaft being provided between a first shaft carrying the steering wheel and a second shaft connected to the gear of the steering booster, at least one end of the torque-sensor shaft is supported flexibly in the first or second shaft by at least one damping element.
Claims4
In a steering booster device, a torque-sensor shaft being provided between a first shaft carrying a steering wheel and a second shaft connected to a gear of the steering booster, wherein at least one of two ends of the torque-sensor shaft is supported flexibly in the first or second shaft by at least one damping element that is made at least in part of rubber and that interrupts an otherwise direct metallic connection between the first and second shafts to dampen vibrations and reduce bending moments in the shafts.
In a steering booster device, a torque-sensor shaft being provided between a first shaft carrying a steering wheel and a second shaft connected to a gear of the steering booster, wherein both ends of the torque-sensor shaft are supported flexibly in the respective first and second shafts by damping elements that interrupt an otherwise direct metallic connection between the first and second shafts to dampen vibrations and reduce bending moments in the shafts.
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